Background and Format:Launched in 1995, Automation is devoted exclusively to the business of automation within the manufacturing industry with a 50/50 split of editorial and advertising. It covers every aspect of automation technology including machine design, components, robotics, vision, industrial communication, system design and software. Its feature-based editorial provides its readership with the latest information on technological developments, products, systems and solutions.All editorial focuses on the benefits of integrating an automation solution to help improve manufacturing efficiency.Audience and Readership:Automation is read by engineers, managers and senior executives, across all industry sectors, who have a purchasing and/or specifying responsibility for automation products and equipment aimed at improving manufacturing efficiency.Deadline:The deadline is 1st week prior to publication.Time of Publication:The months of publication can be found in the media pack hereFrequency:10 times a year with a double issue in Summer (July/August) and Winter (Dec/Jan).Circulation:Source: ABCMonthly Unique Users:Collective figure for Connecting Industy: 24, 461 (Source: ABC)Daily collective figure: 1, 273 (Source: ABC)Ad RatesA media pack containing advertising information can be found here

Automation & Self-Service (automationandselfservice.com), provides news, research and analysis of technology that is transforming the world we work and live in.

Background and Format: Automation Update is published by Jet Digital Media Ltd digitally and is aimed at professionals in industrial engineering including engineers, engineering managers and specifiers. Covers automation, hygiene, design, drives & controls, events, fluid control, health & safety, oil & gas, pumps & valves, research & development, sustainability, test measurement, thermal imaging and training & education. It also has a sister publication Engineering Update. The media pack is available from here. Circulation: Source: Publisher    

Launched in June 2003 and designed for the manufacturing leaders who are key to successful implementation of automation systems. Offers critical intelligence for all members of the industrial automation team, across a wide variety of industries in discrete and process manufacturing. Monthly editions look at successful implementations that maximize return on automation, news, and new products. Includes information that focuses on industries, management issues, technology and applications. Created to map the plant floor to the business plan. Editorial contents informs readers of automation strategies and applications, educates with how-to articles and tutorials, reports on the latest news, products, and technologies, and promotes successful business implementations that maximize return on automation. All product releases should include a high resolution image of the product (or a screen shot, if it's software) as a .jpg attachment in the same e-mail as the press release. For print reproduction, images must be at least 300 DPI at a reasonable size, such as 2x3 inches.

Designed for manufacturing leaders who are key to successful implementation of automation systems. Discusses automation strategies and applications with how-to articles and tutorials, and reports on the latest news, products and technologies.

Automation.com serves as a resource for the industrial automation, process control, and instrumentation industries. It provides the latest industry news, articles, product information, application tools and other industry relevant information. It features include a career and job center, directories of manufactures and system integrators, featured products, company news, classified ads, industry events, articles and white papers, reference guide, discussion forums and industry links.

This blog is hosted on spectrum.ieee.org. This blog covers robotics. Discusses all topics related to robots and robotic technology. Covers news, products and insight on the robots and other silicon-brained contraptions. The fundamentals of working with bloggers are the same as with traditional journalists at traditional media outlets: respect their schedules; take time to read their material to learn their interests; and only contact them if/when they want to be contacted. You will also find that if a blogger is a journalist for another outlet(s), Cision tracks their contact preferences there as well. The outlet offers RSS (Really Simple Syndication).

Automators is a tech podcast by Relay FM, hosted by David Sparks and Rosemary Orchard. A podcast is a downloadable video or audio broadcast show. Most podcasts are available by subscription through an RSS reader or other aggregator. The fundamentals of working with podcasters are the same as with traditional journalists at traditional media outlets: respect their schedules; take time to watch or listen to their material to learn their interests, format of content; and only contact them if relevant.

Automobile Magazine is a digital magazine geared towards automotive enthusiasts interested in the novelty as well as the tradition of all things automotive. Its focus ranges from cars as machines to cars as objects of art and design. Editorial offers industry trends, travel information, road trip and destination ideas, car culture and personalities, as well as test drives of a wide array of automobiles from vintage to the latest high-tech sports cars.

The New York Times offers the latest news from around the world. It has several different editions for Eastern and national regions. In addition, the paper gets much of its content and reporting from its many bureaus. The foreign desk oversees correspondents and stringers around the world. Daily deadlines are usually between 5pm and 6pm ET. The paper does not accept artwork. The lead time for news coverage is one day to one week, the lead time for special section features is three weeks. The lead time for advertising is 30 days.